GREAT OYSTER EATING MATCH BETWEEN THE DARK TOWN CORMORANT AND THE BLACKVILLE BUSTE’ ‘The Start - Now den dont you’s be too fresh. wait for de word’ and ‘The Finish - Yous is a tie - De one dat gags fust. am a gone Coon’.

A pair of full coloured lithographs from the ‘Darktown’ series depicting coloured folk in rather cruel or ridiculous situations. Excellent condition. 24 x 33 cm each. The pair "Creating a segregated community of black Americans, Darktown prints showcased a full array of negative stereotypes of former slaves who moved north after the Civil War. Portrayed as mentally slow, physically grotesque, and morally inept, African Americans became comical figures to the primarily white consumers of Currier and Ives prints. True to the period's nativist overtones, the Darktown series was accompanied by similar prints lampooning Irish and Italian immigrants, as well as Roman Catholics. Popular prints were made to satisfy popular demand; as such, this series bears a painfully vivid testament to the racial attitudes of white, middle-class Americans of the late nineteenth century. ". Bookseller Inventory # 27430

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